My Camp Hosting Job Summer 2023
In this episode of the Solo Women RV Podcast, I share all about my job this summer as a campground host in Oregon. I share a bit about how I got the job, the application process, what is involved in the training and a report from my first few weeks on the job. If you’ve…
Shannon’s Cautionary Solo Nomad Tale
This week on the podcast I speak with Shannon. Shannon decided to follow her nomad dreams after her first home was destroyed in a storm. She bought a cheap van, did a minimal build and set out. She had some great adventures until her money ran out and she experienced some medical and mechanical issues….
She Hit the Road to Die, It Ended up Saving Her Life
Debra Dickinson was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury that was so severe that she had to have a trustee help her with her financial decisions. When she got the news that things were getting worse and she might not live a year and if she did, she wouldn’t remember it, she did something quite…
Solo Female Vanlifer Finds Calm in the Chaos
This week on the podcast my guest is Maria Boutzoukas, a solo female vanlifer who dreamed of living in a van since she was a kid. She has so many people, and even the voices in her head, telling her that selling her house and moving into a van wasn’t practical. But now that she’s…
Camp Like a Girl
The Girl Camper podcast one of the first podcasts I listened to when I was getting started on my RV journey, so it’s my pleasure to have Lesa McDermott, the Vice President of Operations at Girl Camper as my guest this week on the Solo Women RV podcast. Girl Camper is much more than a…
A First Solo Camping Trip Story: A heatwave, mishaps and adventures!
My friend Sari reached out to me to let me know she was going on her very first solo camping trip–her first time camping as an adult–at age 47. I first interviewed Sari back in July 2021 and I’m sharing her story again because she is such a good story teller. She shares everything she…
The 9 Ways I Make Money as a Solo Woman RVer
There are a lot of ways to make money as an RVer. I like to joke that I do ALL of them. Seriously, I have tried a lot of different ways to make money to support my RV travel. I like trying new things, experimenting and seeing what works and what doesn’t. I wanted to…
Why Self-employment is a Great Option for Solo Women RVers
My guest this week is Val Nelson, a career and business coach who works with women who want to start their own businesses. Val and I talk about why coaching can be a great business for women who live on the road and why RVers are especially suited for entrepreneurship. Key Take-Aways:
Prepping to hit the Road as a Solo Woman RVer
This week on the podcast I share all the things I’m doing to prepare to hit the road for a season of travel. I talk about getting my RV ready, getting my home ready for travel and all the things I need to do to for my job this summer as a campground host. Show…
Kristin Hanes: Making Money while you Travel with a Niche Site
My guest this week, Kristin Hanes, is a digital nomad who’s figured out a way to make a great living while living in her van and sailboat and she wants to teach you how to do it as well. Kristin runs The Wayward Home blog and podcast–all about RV, van, sailboat and tiny home living. She’s learned…
A Roam of Our Own: Solo Women Gathering
Have you ever wanted to attend a gathering where you could hang out with other solo women who RV, camp and live in vans? This week on the podcast, I interview Merissa Peterson who is the onsite event coordinator for A Roam of Our Own, a women-only vanlife gathering March 16-19, 2023 in Palm Springs,…
Michelle Fishburne: Who We Are Now
My guest this week on the Solo Women RV podcast is Michelle Fishburne. In 2020-2021 Michelle traveled 12,000 miles in her RV interviewing hundreds of people about what their lives were like during the Covid-19 pandemic. Michelle turned those stories into a beautiful book Who We Are Now: Stories of What Americans Lost and Found…